Bordel
Bordel is a diminutive form of an Anglo-Saxon masculine name containing brord (point).
Reference:
Bordel [Hugh Smith 1928 English Place-Name Society 5: 214].
Stem:
brord = point [Henry Sweet 1886 The Oldest English Texts, page 577].
Suffix:
“diminutive ila” [Joseph Bosworth 1836 The Origin of the Germanic and Scandinavian Languages, and Nations, page 115].
Evidence:
The place-name Bordlebi, or Bordelbia, recorded in 1086, is believed to mean “Bordel’s farm” [Hugh Smith 1928 English Place-Name Society 5: 214].


















